Yokohama Cuisine Event Book

The low-pitched discussions in the auditorium gathered together, and the venue was surrounded by white noise like humming.

In this noisy and silent arena, Subaru Misaku could hardly hold the egg in his hand.

In front of the cooking table opposite, the purple-haired girl has already started baking in an orderly manner.

She is pouring goat's milk from a small saucepan into whipped egg yolk, what looks like she's making custard, and seems to be for the aforementioned goat's milk Bavaria.But the other half of the goat milk was sent directly into the refrigerator by her, and then she took out a Dewar bottle from the cabinet next to it, which should be a small amount of liquid nitrogen prepared by the operation committee.

Unable to trace, unable to speculate—what exactly is she cooking now?

Subaru Misaku covered his head, his brain was filled with a sense of great crisis that he had never felt before.

The girl who was talking about impromptu cooking seemed to have a recipe that had been tried thousands of times in her heart when she acted, and her movements were smooth and smooth, without a trace of stagnation or hesitation.

There was a faint smile on his lips, and the slight depression that had been before had dissipated now.The girl was immersed in her own imagination, with a steady and focused expression.

But with a mature recipe, he was completely caught in a dilemma.

All his intentions were completely seen through and dismissed lightly.

——The improvement he was proud of, which had defeated many people, was not taken seriously by her.

The pain of being reprimanded by my father in the past came to my heart again.

But this time it was completely different - his father was angry because he was not as good as him. Although the shadow was still there, he understood that this was the sternness of the weak; but what he was facing now was the contempt of the strong.

As if he was just a worthless clown, no matter what he did, he couldn't shake her at all——

No, she wasn't invulnerable, it was just that with their level, they couldn't find the gap in her heart that was enough to make her feel panic.

——Senior Ruishan, you have chosen the wrong opponent.

Looking at the girl who was as calm as water through the white mist that evaporated when the liquid nitrogen vaporized, Subaru Misaku realized this very clearly at this moment.

But what should he do now?

She is the one who has really mastered the further recipes. What should he do to win?

Do you want to improve it?

No, in her recipes, the cascading flavor combinations are so ingenious, he studied for a week, finally found the direction, and even changed the style of the entire dessert for this reason - but this has not yet exceeded her original intention. There are tracks.

If there is no way to improve it, do you want to change the recipe?

— But there are only these raw materials.The production of desserts requires extremely high precision and meticulousness, and the slightest mistake can ruin the entire dish.It is difficult to make another dish that is comparable to it with just enough ingredients to complete one extremely well-done recipe.

But her impromptu cooking only has the current ingredients!

...then there is still hope for him.Don't be tempted by her words to waste time here with meaningless thoughts.Three hours of cooking time, now half an hour has passed.

Subaru Misaku gripped the tools in his hand, forced his mind to calm down, and continued making the dishes.

……

In the eyes of everyone anxiously waiting, Subaru Misaku finished cooking first, and placed the five assembled desserts on the table in front of the five judges one by one.

"Wow, it's so beautiful."

The middle-aged man wearing glasses sighed.

The façade of the cake can be seen in seven colors, and under the light red glaze is a dreamlike, gauze-like six-layer mist. The square opera house cake stands in the center of the white porcelain plate, like a rainbow in the sky. Ni.

"This is my improvement, too,"

Misaku Subaru said proudly: "I added food coloring when I made it, because the pure color dishes are too monotonous."

Hearing this, the girl in the distance had a helpless smile on her brows.

"Mixed mascarpone, two flavors of ice cream cream, and jasmine sake ganache in the middle, and the bottom layer of sponge cake base - each layer is very delicate."

Saotome Zhou, a member of the Gourmet Association and a judge, picked up a fork and gently cut off from the top.

"call--"

The syrup-filled cake embryo is sweet and impactful, and the floral and fruity aromas of jasmine, sage, and grapefruit overflow in the mouth.

The mellow and smooth taste of soy milk and mascarpone, paired with the cold cream, stimulates the taste buds, while the light salty taste of white miso emphasizes the sweetness of the cake, raising the texture of the dish to another level.

Not only that--

"Yes, I improved the base and used a lot of almond flour, using the rich flavor of almonds as the base for the rich flavor of this rainbow opera cake."

Meizuo explained.

To the left of Nakiri Senzaemon, the president of the Japanese Food Industry Association, Oizumi Kakinosumi glared at him:

"No matter how good it is, this is something you stole!"

The old man patted the table angrily: "You bastard, don't you have any faith in being a cook!"

"Being meticulous, that's what I believe in."

Misaku Subaru narrowed his eyes and looked at the furious old man: "Is there anything wrong with working so hard to win?"

"Don't make me laugh."

A clear and indifferent voice sounded from behind.

The girl with long hair tied up held a tray and walked forward slowly.Passing by Subaru Misaku, she said calmly, "You must be able to win."

"Please taste it."

Putting down the plate lightly, Gancha straightened up and said with a smile, "This is my dish—"

"—Plum in Snow."

At the moment when the girl's cooking was projected on the big screen, a frosty tranquility swept the entire venue.

Tian Suohui raised his head, stared blankly at the screen hanging above, and sighed: "It's so beautiful..."

On the black pottery disc, there is a handful of snow color.It seems to be the holy light that is sprinkled down from the kingdom of heaven. When you look at it, you only feel that the world is pure white and silent.

Compared with this dazzling and disturbing white, the colorful cakes on the side immediately look fancy and frivolous.

But the impact on the five people in the jury was not only that.

The rich aroma quietly appeared, mixed with the sweetness of the cake, wrapped around the whole body, and then entered the body along with the breath——

"It has appeared! The commander-in-chief's skirt is torn!"

"This, I haven't tasted it yet——"

At this moment before the tasting, the outcome of this duel has already begun to be seen.

Nakiri Senzaemon pulled up his clothes, and the judges almost impatiently picked up the silver forks.

The sweet aroma permeates between the lips and teeth.Light, delicate, moist, soft, with a bit of unexpected crispness, all kinds of tactile sensations bloom on the tip of the tongue with the complex deliciousness that makes people tremble.

Before they had time to distinguish carefully, the surrounding environment suddenly changed, and the five of them looked around in surprise, only to realize that they were in a world of ice and snow at the moment.

The wind and snow howled.There is only vast whiteness everywhere in the sky, but no one dares to say a word before this extremely quiet and pure color.

I don't know if it was because of the severe cold in the fantasy, or because of the shock brought by the magnificent scenery in front of them, everyone just felt unable to move their bodies.

Suddenly, on the rugged mountain road ahead, a touch of dark green walking alone appeared.

That figure was so indestructible, and the corners of his lips were pursed tightly, revealing a bit of awe and persistence.Looking back, the few red plums in front of my eyes are like blood that cannot be drowned by ice and snow.

There seems to be some kind of quiet and elegant fragrance surging in the wind.It seemed to be a little bit of gentle affection in the ice and snow, which warmed up the stiff body bit by bit.

Until then, the five judges finally came to their senses.

The dizziness brought about by the artistic conception of cooking still existed in their minds, and they looked around in a daze.

Due to the long silence of the judges, the venue was already filled with an eager atmosphere, but the girl standing at the table with her hands behind her back, patiently waiting for the result, remained calm and composed.

Nakiri Senzaemon's lapel came off again silently.

The audience was boiling again.

"Great!"

The dormitory students in Jixing dormitory cheered.

——Twice the skirts were torn apart, from this point of view, there is no need to talk about the outcome so far.

On the judging panel, Oizumi Kakinosumi stared worriedly at the dessert in front of him.

"This structure, what is it—"

The taste and flavor are harmoniously blended, and it is difficult to determine by observation alone.It seemed as if each layer had to be tasted individually in order to understand the structure, but the mere thought of taking it apart and destroying the integrity of the dish made his heart ache.

"Let me explain."

Seeing this, Gan Cha laughed: "The structure has four floors in total, and it slightly simulates the snow-covered land."

“The top layer is a jasmine foam mousse whipped with a cream frother and goat’s milk Bavaria. This is followed by a soy mousse mixed with smashed, grapefruit sage-flavored meringue .”

The crunchy taste increases the taste when tasting, and also corresponds to the gravel on the ground.

"Then comes the third layer, goat's milk Bavaria flavored with white miso, and the bottom layer is a hazelnut sponge cake base brushed with syrup."

From top to bottom, the texture changes from light like snow to dense like solid earth.

Nakiri Senzaemon looked at the calm girl and showed a little approving smile.

"The Bavaria on the top layer is Japanese-style Bavaria with no egg yolk and a light taste, right?"

He said: "The third layer is the traditional method of Bavaria, which uses English custard sauce, and has a thicker texture."

"Due to limited materials, you made full use of the knowledge you have learned and used different techniques to make creams with two textures."

The girl nodded with a light smile.

"Yes, the remaining egg whites in Bavaria, I also baked them into meringues."

"But what about this faint scent of plum blossoms that we smell?"

Daquan leaned forward and asked curiously, "Which layer of the cake is this?"

"neither."

Gan Cha smiled proudly.She explained: "Since it is called Xuezhongmei, it must have the aroma of plum blossoms. But there is no plum blossom extract in my materials."

"However, this can also be solved by a patchwork approach."

Under everyone's puzzled eyes, the girl said:

"The aroma components of plum blossoms are mainly benzyl acetate, ethyl acetate, pinene and methyl heptenone."

"The aroma of jasmine contains benzyl acetate, and the ethyl acetate is the scent of sake. The aroma of sage contains a lot of pinene, and the final methyl heptenone, which I synthesized with the scent of grapefruit and citrus of."

——That is to say, she used different ingredients in the cuisine to subtly build up the complex aroma of plum blossoms.

This aroma is done in the diner's olfactory system!

"Wait, how is this possible!"

Misaku Subaru yelled, "Scented orange essential oil—you haven't prepared this ingredient, have you?"

"What are you talking about, Misaku-san?"

Gan Cha smiled and turned to look at him: "When you came to the lounge, wasn't I drinking Earl Gray tea?"

"That was the tea I brought with me, and I put it in an incubator and brought it with me. I used that to make Earl Grey Sake Syrup."

Because of its strong citrus aroma, Earl Gray tea was often used to mix with alcohol to make drinks as early as two centuries ago.

Of course he knew that, but——

"But for it to extract the aroma in the wine, it must take several hours..."

Misaku Subaru suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Liquid nitrogen!"

"—You used liquid nitrogen to make Earl Gray tea powder, then mixed it with sake to make syrup, and brushed it on the cake embryo!"

"That's right, and in the Japanese-style goat's milk Bavaria on the top layer, I also added Earl Gray tea powder, using its fresh aroma to balance the rich taste of goat's milk."

The girl nodded.

"Impossible, you actually know molecular cooking..."

Subaru Misaku took a step back and sat down on the ground: "I can't even hear about this—!"

Under the dazzling spotlight, the girl raised the corners of her lips, looking down at the devastated loser.

She said softly: "There are many things you haven't heard of."

The author has something to say: Gancha: There are many things you haven’t heard of, for example, you almost couldn’t get out of Yokohama

I tried my best (light cigarette.jpg

Compliment me, thank you.

Goat milk Bavaria comes from the Tokyo Grand Hotel, and in reality it is also the signature dish of the Michelin three-star hotel Quintessence

There are many other references, but they are very fragmented. Anyway, if there are no direct references, I won’t list them. () I don’t want to suffer this kind of pain besides writing a thesis

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 5 bottles of blue three thousand; Bobobo! !Love you! !